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To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.

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For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.
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Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever
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I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side.
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The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind.
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I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.
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A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.
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I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk.
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Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.
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Great philosophers become immortal - they make undeniable impacts on culture.
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